Restoring dignity: The raison d’être of the youth movements in the Arab citizen revolt?
Thursday, January 19
4.00-5.00 pm in Room 332, Van Dyck Hall
Rima Afifi
Professor, Health Promotion and Community Health Department,
Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB
About the Speaker
Rima Afifi is a professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Community Health and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Professor Afifi earned a BS in psychology from the University of Iowa, a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a PhD in Health Services Research with a minor in Behavioral Science and Health Education from St. Louis University.
Professor Afifi’s research falls into three broad categories: youth mental health, protective factors among youth, and tobacco control. Within these areas, whenever possible, she uses methods of Community Based Participatory Research which gives marginalized communities voice and opportunities for self determination; applies an ecological lens to the understanding of the issues; engages multiple disciplines to widen the perspectives on any issue, and emphasizes knowledge transfer of research to practice and policy.